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Frenkel Does Not Give Up

Alexander credits Frenkel with persistence on two fronts: He pursued mathematical researches at the highest level despite having his access to education restricted due to anti-Semitism, and he doggedly attempts to explain to nonmathematicians his work on the Langlands program.

"In the end," Alexander says,

lay readers will probably acquire no more than a superficial sense of all this technical work. But far more important, they will gain an understanding of what modern mathematics is about—its ambition, its beauty and its power to enthrall.